Second page of feature....

This is the second page of my feature. The black and white image is similar to the image on the first page of the feature, however it is from a side angle, still looking upwards and has been inverted. I used photoshop in order to insert the text and on both images I included genuine quotes.
I tried to experiment with a limited colour palette to make it eyecatching but not too over powering.

What have I learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I have learnt more about photoshop layering and development of colour saturation, copy and pasting and the general qualities such as colour brightening at heightening of contrast which will attract my target audience.

Who would distrbute my product?

Symphonic or MIXMAG would be the most likely to distribute my product as they are both distributers of similar media products, such as 'Noiseporn' and ofcourse 'MIXMAG', both wellknown British Clubbing labels.

Who is my target audience?

I intend for this magazine to be read by 18-25 year olds who are in touch with the clubbing. A young, hedonistic fresh city crowd who simply want to go out and end up in one of London's top venues. There is a lot of psychology behind what appeals to my fussy audience, however with a clubbers guide, safety list and even promises of exclusive interviews with the city's biggest DJ's, the excitment is all provided for them.

How does my media product challenge/develop forms and conventions of real media products? [Further]

My product challenges conventions in media as it is written, constructed and produced by someone who knows about the clubbing scene, and who can relate to it, as oppose to a production team that simply want it to sell. As important as this is, I think that people being able to identify with it will have a better effect in terms of word of mouth and the magazine's reputation will be genuine, rather than forced. I also think it develops forms and conventions as it is intended to grow from a local area, for example shoreditch/brick lane, which have a reputation for art students.

First page of feature...

This image was taken in Club 24 in Kingston Street near Carnaby street. The man in it is upcoming DJ Ashlee Casselle, a friend of mine who has been from the underground Ibiza beach party shacks, all the way to London best venues carrying his CD's and laptop around with him. The interview lasted around 20 minutes, and I had to summarize a lot of what he said. I researched a few magazine interviews from various music magazines and then gained an idea of the questions that a professional would ask. I tried to keep it quite general so that he didn't feel put on the spot and I kept it quite brief. I desaturated the image so that the text would stand out and seperated our speech with two bold primary colours. All the text was in capitals and based around his face. The image was taken from behind people dancing and angled upwards emphasise his status and power.

How does my product use/challenge or develop the forms and conventions of real media products?

My product challenges forms and conventions of media products as it includes original photography and text, all of which is constructed by one person as oppose to the typical music magazine which will normally be constructed by a team. Instead of appealing either just men or women, my product attracts both genders, however this is balanced out by the less generic approach which will attract a smaller audience which is intended for young people and is likely to attract followers. It also uses forms and conventions as it uses a limited colour palette and similar set out to most magazine front covers, i.e the sell lines at the side, a central image of an attractive person to draw the viewer in. In addition, I have researched other magazines and their methods to attract the right audience which have influenced the layout of my conents page, my front cover and less so my feature.